Chief Rabbi ( he, רב ראשי ''Rav Rashi'') is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities. Since 1911, through a capitulation by Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel, Israel has had two chief rabbis, one

Ashkenazi Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

and one

Sephardi Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefar ...

. Cities with large Jewish communities may also have their own chief rabbis; this is especially the case in Israel but has also been past practice in major Jewish centers in Europe prior to

the Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; ...

. North American cities rarely have chief rabbis. One exception however is

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...

, with two—one for the Ashkenazi community, the other for the Sephardi. Jewish law provides no scriptural or

Talmud The Talmud (; he, , Talmūḏ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law ('' halakha'') and Jewish theology. Until the advent of modernity, in nearly all Jewish communities, the Talmud was the cen ...

ic support for the post of a "chief rabbi." The office, however, is said by many to find its precedent in the religio-political authority figures of Jewish antiquity (e.g.,

kings Kings or King's may refer to: *Monarchs: The sovereign heads of states and/or nations, with the male being kings *One of several works known as the "Book of Kings": **The Books of Kings part of the Bible, divided into two parts **The ''Shahnameh'' ...

, high priests, patriarches,

exilarch The exilarch was the leader of the Jewish community in Persian Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq) during the era of the Parthians, Sasanians and Abbasid Caliphate up until the Mongol invasion of Baghdad in 1258, with intermittent gaps due to ongoin ...

s and ''gaonim''). The position arose in Europe in the Middle Ages from governing authorities largely for secular administrative reasons such as collecting taxes and registering vital statistics, and for providing an intermediary between the government and the Jewish community, for example in the establishment of the Crown rabbi in several kingdoms of the

Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ** * french: Péninsule Ibérique * mwl, Península Eibérica * eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, defi ...

, the ''rab de la corte'' in the

Kingdom of Castile The Kingdom of Castile (; es, Reino de Castilla, la, Regnum Castellae) was a large and powerful state on the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. Its name comes from the host of castles constructed in the region. It began in the 9th centu ...

or the ''arrabi mor'' in the

Kingdom of Portugal The Kingdom of Portugal ( la, Regnum Portugalliae, pt, Reino de Portugal) was a monarchy in the western Iberian Peninsula and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic. Existing to various extents between 1139 and 1910, it was also kn ...

, likely influenced by the expectations of their

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide . It is am ...

Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodoxy, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism. Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or " canoni ...

, and Anglican governments and neighbors. Similarly, in the 19th century there was a '' Crown rabbi'' of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the List of Russian monarchs, Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended th ...

By country / region

Albania

* Joel Kaplan (2010–present)

Argentina

Sephardi (Syrian)

* Salomon Benhamu * Yosef Chehebar

Sephardi

* Isaac Sacca (1997–present)

Ashkenazi

* Gabriel Davidovich (2013–present)

Austria

* Jitzchok ben Mosche von Wien, "Or Sorua" (ca. 1200–1270) * Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, "Tosfos Jomtov" (1578–1654) * Scheftel Horowitz (1561–1619) * Gerschon "Uliph" Aschkenasi (ca. 1612–1693) * Samson Wertheimer (1658–1724) * Mosche Chanoch Berliner (1727–1793) * Isaak Noah Mannheimer (1824–1865) *

Lazar Horowitz Lazar Horowitz, or Eleazar HaLevi Ish Horowitz, Eleasar ben David Josua Hoeschel Horowitz, aka El'azar Hurwitz (1803/1804, Floß, Upper Palatinate - June 11, 1868, Vöslau) was an Orthodox Rabbi who led the Orthodox Jewish community of Vienna du ...

(1828–1868), chief rabbi of

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

Adolf Jellinek Adolf Jellinek ( he, אהרן ילינק ''Aharon Jelinek''; 26 June 1821 in Drslavice, Moravia – 28 December 1893 in Vienna) was an Austrian rabbi and scholar. After filling clerical posts in Leipzig (1845–1856), he became a preacher at ...

(1865–1893) *

Moritz Güdemann Moritz Güdemann ( he, משה גידמן; 19 February 1835 – 5 August 1918) was an Austrian rabbi and historian. He served as chief rabbi of Vienna. Biography Moritz (Moshe) Güdemann attended the Jewish school in Hildesheim, and thereafter we ...

(1894–1918) *

Zwi Perez Chajes Zwi Perez Chajes, also Tzvi-Peretz Hayot, (13 October 1876 – 13 December 1927) was a rabbi, historian, biblical scholar and a notable Zionist leader. Biography Zwi Perez Chajes was born in 1876 in Brody, then part of Austria-Hungary, now in Uk ...

(1918–1927) *

David Feuchtwang David Feuchtwang (27 November 1864 – 6 July 1936) was a Jewish scholar and author, and chief rabbi of Vienna from 1933 until his death in 1936. David Feuchtwang was born in Nikolsburg, Moravia (now Mikulov, Czech Republic) on 27 November 1864, th ...

(1933–1936) * Israel Taglicht (1936), provisional chief rabbi * Insp. I. Öhler (1946), preacher at the Stadttempel *

Akiva Eisenberg Dr. Akiba Eisenberg (20 September 1908 – 8 April 1983) was a former Chief Rabbi of Vienna. Biography Eisenberg was born in Vác, near Budapest. During World War II, he survived by hiding with his brother in the outlying area with non-Jewish f ...

(1948–1983) * Paul Chaim Eisenberg (1983–2016) *

Arie Folger Arie is a masculine given name. As a Dutch name, Arie (pronounced ) is generally a short form of Adrianus, but sometimes also of Arend or Arent, Arnout or Arnoud, or even Aaron. As a Hebrew, Jewish, or Israeli name, Arie (pronounced ) is a tra ...

(July 2016)

Belgium

Eliakim Carmoly Eliakim Carmoly (5 August 1802 in Soultz-Haut-Rhin, France – 15 February 1875 in Frankfurt) was a French scholar. He was born at Soultz-Haut-Rhin, then in the French department of Haut-Rhin. His real name was ''Goschel David Behr'' (or ''Ba ...

(1832–1839) *

Henri Loeb Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the 'List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.'' * Henri I de Montm ...

Aristide Astrue Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 15 July 1953) is a Haitian former Salesian priest and politician who became Haiti's first democratically elected president. A proponent of liberation theology, Aristide was appointed to a parish in Port-au-Prince in ...

* Élie-Aristide Astruc (1866–1879) *

Abraham Dreyfus Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jews ...

Armand Bloch Armand Lucien Bloch (1 July 1866, Montbéliard - 5 March 1932, Paris) was a French sculptor. Life and work His father, Maurice Bloch, was a sculptor, who established a metal casting company in 1857. He entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1884, ...

Bulgaria

* Gabriel Almosnino (1880–1885) * Presiado Bakish (1885–1889) * Shimon Dankowitz (1889–1891) * Moshe Tadjer (1891–1893) *

Moritz Grünwald Moritz is the German equivalent of the name Maurice. It may refer to: People Given name * Saint Maurice, also called Saint Moritz, the leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion in the 3rd century * Prince Moritz of Hesse (2007), the son of ...

(1893–1895) * Presiado Bakish (1895–1898) * Moshe Tadjer (1898–1900) *

Mordecai Ehrenpreis Mordecai Ehrenpreis (25 June 1869 – 26 February 1951) was a Hebrew author, publisher and Zionist activist. From 1914 until his death he served as chief rabbi of Stockholm. Biography Mordechai (Marcus) Ehrenpreis was born in Lviv. As a young man ...

(1900–1914) *

M. Hezkeya Shabetay Davidov ( ; ; pl. ; ; 1512, from Middle French , literally "my lord") is an honorific title that was used to refer to or address the eldest living brother of the king in the French royal court. It has now become the customary French title of respec ...

(1914–1918) * David Pifano (1920–1925) * No Chief Rabbi (1925–1945) * Asher Hannanel (1945–1949) *

Behor Kahlon Boheyr or Behor or Bohair or Boher or Buher ( fa, بحير, link=no) may refer to: * Boheyr 1, Ahvaz County * Boheyr 2, Ahvaz County * Boheyr-e Olya Boheyr-e Olya ( fa, بحيرعليا, also Romanized as Boḩeyr-e ‘Olyā) is a village in Moll ...

(1990–2012) *

Aharon Zerbib Aharon אַהֲרֹן is masculine given name alternate spelling, commonly in Israel, of '' Aaron'', prominent biblical figure in the Old Testament, "Of the Mountains", or "Mountaineer". There are other variants including "Ahron" and "Aron". Aha ...

(2012–2015) * Yoel Yifrach (2015–Present)

Colombia

Ashkenazi

Eliezer Paltiel Roitblatt Eliezer (, "Help/Court of El") was the name of at least three different individuals in the Bible. Eliezer of Damascus Eliezer of Damascus () was, according to the Targums, the son of Nimrod. Eliezer was head of the patriarch Abraham's househo ...

(1946-1957) *

Chaim Menachem Bentzion Blumenkrantz The name ''Haim'' can be a first name or surname originating in the Hebrew language, or deriving from the Old German name '' Haimo''. Hebrew etymology Chayyim ( he, חַיִּים ', Classical Hebrew: , Israeli Hebrew: ), also transcribed ''Ha ...

(Early 1950s) * Alfredo Goldschmidt (1974–Present) (appointed 1991)

Sephardi

* Miguel Attias (1948-Early 1950) * David Sharbani (Early 1950s-1978) * Yehuda Benhamu (1978-1986) * Yehuda Ari Azancot (1986-2000) *

Shlomo Meir Elharar Shlomo (, Polish: Szlomo, Szlama, Szlamek, Szloma), meaning "peaceable", is a common Hebrew male given name. The following individuals are often referred to only by the name Shlomo: * Solomon, king of ancient Israel, according to various religio ...

(2000-2010) * Avi Amsalem (2010-Dec. 2020)

Chabad

* Yehoshua Rosenfeld (1980–Present)

Cuba

* Meyer Rosenbaum (Son of Isamar of Nadvorna, Elected 1948: left Cuba in 1956, a little more than two years before

Fidel Castro Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (; ; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2 ...

came to power in the

Revolution In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...

) *

Raphael Yair Elnadav Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual a ...

(1956–1959) *

Shmuel Szteinhendler Shmuel Szteinhendler, a rabbi in Santiago, Chile, is considered the current Chief Rabbi of Cuba and one of the most notable Rabbis in Latin America. Szteinhendler was born in Argentina and trained as a Conservative rabbi in Buenos Aires.Ozzie No ...

current Chief Rabbi of Cuba and regional director for Masorti Judaism in Latin America.

Croatia

Miroslav Šalom Freiberger Miroslav Šalom Freiberger ( he, שלום פרייברגר; 9 January 1903 – 8 May 1943) was a Croatian chief rabbi, translator, writer and spiritual leader. He was educated as a lawyer and doctor of theology. Biography Freiberger was born ...

(1941–1943) * Kotel Da-Don (1998–2006) from 2006 rabbi of the Bet Israel community

Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Sl ...

Luciano Moše Prelević Rabbi Luciano Moše Prelević (born 1953 in Zagreb) is the Croatian rabbi of the Jewish community in Zagreb and chief rabbi of the Montenegro Jewish community. Early life and family From his mother's side of the family, he is a descendant of ...

(2006–)

Cyprus

* Arie Zeev Raskin (2005–)

Czech Republic

* Karol Sidon

Denmark

Abraham Salomon Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jews ...

(1687–1700) * (1700–1728) * Marcus David (1729–1739) *

Hirsch Samuel Levy Hirsch may refer to: Places * Hirsch, Saskatchewan, Canada * Hirsch Observatory, in Troy, New York, U.S. People * Afua Hirsch (born 1981), Norwegian-born British writer, broadcaster, and former barrister * Alex Hirsch (born 1985), American anima ...

(1741–1775) * (1778–1793) *

Abraham Gedalia Abraham Gedalia (1752–1827; he, אברהם גדליה) was the Chief Rabbi of Denmark in the late 18th and early 19th century. Biography Gedalia was born in Poland, where his father, was a rabbi. Gedalia followed in his father's footsteps, b ...

(1793–1827) * Abraham Wolff (1828–1891) * David Simonsen (1892–1902, 1919–1920) * Tobias Lewenstein (1903–1910) *

Max Schornstein Rabbi Dr. Mordecai Schornstein ( he, מרדכי שורנשטיין; 6 February 1869 – 18 October 1949) was the Chief Rabbi of Denmark, an animal lover and the founder of the Tel Aviv zoo. Biography Schornstein was born in 1869 in Tachov, Boh ...

(1910–1919) * Max (Moses) Friediger (1920–1947) *

Marcus Melchior Marcus Melchior (1897 – 1969) was the rabbi of the main synagogue in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the time of the rescue of the Danish Jews in October 1943, during the Second World War. After escaping with his family and other Danish Jews to Sweden, ...

(1947–1969) * Bent Melchior (1970–1996) * (1996–2014) * (2014–)

Ecuador

*Menachem Mendel Fried (2022- )

Egypt

* Refael Aharon Ben Shimon (1891–1921) * Masoud Haim Ben Shimon (1921–1925) * Chaim Nahum (1925–1960) *

Haim Moussa Douek Rabbi Haim Moussa Douek (1905–1974) (Hebrew: חיים דוויך / Arabic:حايم دويك) was the last Chief Rabbi of Egypt. Early life and early career Born in Anteb, Turkey, on the border of Syria, he was the eldest child of Rabbi Mous ...

(1960–1972)

Estonia

Michael Alony Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

(1995–1996) *

Shmuel Kot ''Shmuel'' or Schmuel/ Shmeil is the Hebrew equivalent of the name Samuel. It is popular also in Polish Yiddish versions of the name: Szmul or Szmuel and Szmulik or Szmulek. Shmuel and variations may refer to: * Samuel (Bible), the Hebrew Bible pro ...

(2000–)

The Far East

Aharon Moshe Kiselev Aharon Moshe Kiselev (1866–1949) was a Russian-born Manchurian rabbi. Early life Kiselev was born in Surazh, Chernigov district. In his youth, he excelled in his studies, and was known as the “Vietker Illui”. He later studied in Minsk, and ...

(1937–1949)

Finland

* Simon Federbusch (1931–1940) * (1946–1951) * Mika Weiss (1957–1961) * Shmuel Beeri (1961–1963) * Mordechai Lanxner (1973–1982) * Ove Schwartz (1982–1987) * Lazar Kleinman (–1992) * Michael Aloni (1995–1996) * Moshe Edelmann (1999–2012) * (2012–)

Chabad Lubavitch Chief Rabbi of Finland

* Benyamin Wolff (2003–)

France

* David Sintzheim (1808–1812) * Abraham Vita de Cologna (1808–1826) * Emmanuel Deutz (1810–1842) *

Marchand Ennery Marchand Ennery () was a French rabbi; brother of Jonas Ennery; born in Nancy 1792; died in Paris 21 August 1852; studied Talmud under Baruch Guggenheim and at the rabbinical school of Herz Scheuer, in Mainz. He went to Paris, became teacher in ...

(1846–1852) * Salomon Ulmann (1853–1865) * Lazare Isidor (1866–1888) * Zadoc Kahn (1889–1905) *

Alfred Lévy Alfred Lévy (14 December 1840 – 23 July 1919) was a French rabbi who became Chief Rabbi of France in the period immediately before and during World War I. Life Alfred Lévy was born in Lunéville on 14 December 1840. He studied at the Collège ...

(1907–1919) * Israël Lévi (1920–1939) *

Isaïe Schwartz Isaïe Schwartz (15 January 1876, in Traenheim – 1952, in Paris) was the Great Rabbi of France at the beginning of World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that last ...

(1939–1952) *

Jacob Kaplan Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jac ...

(1955–1980) *

René Samuel Sirat René (''born again'' or ''reborn'' in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus. René is the masculine form of the name (Renée being the feminine ...

(1981–1987) * Joseph Sitruk (1987–2008) *

Gilles Bernheim Gilles Uriel Bernheim (; born 30 May 1952) is a French- Israeli rabbi who was formerly the Chief Rabbi of France. Born in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, in 1952, he was elected by the general assembly of the Central Consistory chief rabbi of France o ...

(2009–2013) (elected 22 June 2008, resigned 11 April 2013) * Haim Korsia (2014–)

Galicia*

* Aryeh Leib Bernstein (1778–1786) * Edgar Gluck Galicia in Central/Eastern Europe, as a political entity, ceased to exist in 1921; the title of its Chief Rabbi had already been abolished 1 November 1786 as part of the Josephinism Reforms. Due to its being a center for Jewish scholarship, the Rabbi of Lemberg was traditionally seen as the Rabbi of Galicia in the era prior to

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

Greece

* Elias Barzilai * Gabriel Negrin

Guatemala

* Meyer Rosenbaum (Son of Isamar of Nadvorna, Later Chief Rabbi of Cuba)

Honduras

Aaron Lankry According to Abrahamic religions, Aaron ''′aharon'', ar, هارون, Hārūn, Greek ( Septuagint): Ἀαρών; often called Aaron the priest ()., group="note" ( or ; ''’Ahărōn'') was a prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother ...

Hong Kong

* Ephraim Mirvis *

Mordecai Avston Mordecai (; also Mordechai; , IPA: ) is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. He is described as being the son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin. He was promoted to Vizier after Haman was killed. Biblical acc ...

* Netanel Meoded

Hungary

:''Note that this list is not in chronological order.'' * Meir Eisenstadt known as the ''Panim Me'iros'' (1708–), rabbi of Eisenstadt and author of "Panim Me'irot" * Alexander ben Menahem * Phinehas Auerbach * Jacob Eliezer Braunschweig * Hirsch Semnitz * Simon Jolles (1717–?) * Samson Wertheimer (1693?–1724) (also

Eisenstadt Eisenstadt (; hu, Kismarton; hr, Željezni grad; ; sl, Železno, Austro-Bavarian: ''Eisnstod'') is a city in Austria, the state capital of Burgenland. It had a recorded population on 29 April 2021 of 15,074. In the Habsburg Empire's Kingdom ...

and

Moravia Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. Th ...

) * Issachar Berush Eskeles (1725–1753) * Joseph Hirsch Weiss—grandfather of Stephen Samuel Wise * Samuel Kohn * Simon Hevesi (father of Ferenc Hevesi) * Ferenc Hevesi * Moshe Kunitzer a pioneer of the Haskalah movement in Hungary (1828–1837) * Koppel Reich * Chaim Yehuda Deutsch * József Schweitzer * Robert (Avrohom Yehudoh) Deutsch

Iran

* Yedidia Shofet (1922–1980) *

Uriel Davidi Hakham Uriel Davidi Khansari ( he, אוריאל דוידי lived 1922 - December 24, 2006) was a famous Jewish (Judæo-Khunsari) religious leader and theologian, who was born in Khansar (Iran) and died in the Neve Yaakov section of Jerusalem, Isra ...

(1980–1994) * Yosef Hamadani Cohen (1994–2007) * Mashallah Golestani-Nejad (2007–present)

Ireland

* Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1921–1937) * Immanuel Jakobovits (1949–1958) *

Isaac Cohen Isaac Cohen (26 July 1914 – 30 November 2007) was a Talmudic scholar and Chief Rabbi of Ireland for 20 years. Education Born in Llanelli, Wales to immigrants from Lithuania, he won a scholarship in 1928 to Aria College in Portsmouth, a boar ...

(1959–1979) * David Rosen (1979–1984) * Ephraim Mirvis (1985–1992) * Shimon Yehudah Harris (1993–1994) *

Gavin Broder Gavin Broder (born 1959) is the former Chief Rabbi of Ireland, serving from 1996 to October, 2000. Broder left Dublin in October 2000 to become London chaplain of Hillel, the Jewish student organization. He was inaugurated chief rabbi in 1996, a ...

(1996–2000) *

Yaakov Pearlman Yaakov Pearlman was Chief Rabbi of Ireland from September 2001 to June 2008. A native of Manchester, England, he became one of the youngest rabbis in Britain ever when he was ordained semicha.html" ;"title="arned ''semicha">arned ''semicha''by th ...

(2001–2008) * Zalman Lent (acting Chief Rabbi, 2008–present) The appointment of a new Chief Rabbi of Ireland has been put on hold since 2008.

Israel

The position of chief rabbi () of the Land of Israel has existed for hundreds of years. During the Mandatory Period, the British recognized the chief rabbis of the Ashkenazi and Sephardi communities, just as they recognized the

Mufti of Jerusalem The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem is the Sunni Muslim cleric in charge of Jerusalem's Islamic holy places, including the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The position was created by the British military government led by Ronald Storrs in 1918.See Islamic Leadership i ...

. The offices continued after statehood was achieved.

Haredi Haredi Judaism ( he, ', ; also spelled ''Charedi'' in English; plural ''Haredim'' or ''Charedim'') consists of groups within Orthodox Judaism that are characterized by their strict adherence to '' halakha'' (Jewish law) and traditions, in opp ...

Jewish groups (such as Edah HaChareidis) do not recognize the authority of the Chief Rabbinate. They usually have their own rabbis who do not have any connection to the state rabbinate. Under current Israeli law, the post of Chief Rabbi exists in only four cities (

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropoli ...

, and

Beersheba Beersheba or Beer Sheva, officially Be'er-Sheva ( he, בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, ''Bəʾēr Ševaʿ'', ; ar, بئر السبع, Biʾr as-Sabʿ, Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. ...

). In other cities there may be one main rabbi to whom the other rabbis of that city defer, but that post is not officially the "Chief Rabbi". Many of Israel's chief rabbis were previously chief rabbis of Israeli cities.

Sephardi

* Moshe Galante (the Younger) (1665–1689) * Moshe ibn Habib (1689–1696) * Moshe Hayun * Abraham ben David Yitzhaki (1715–1722) * Binyamin Maali * Elazar ben Yaacob Nahum (1730–1748) * Nissim Mizrahi (1748–1754) * Israel Yaacob Algazy (1754–1756) * Raphael Samuel Meyuchas (1756–1791) * Haim Raphael Abraham ben Asher (1771–1772) * Yom Tov Algazy (1772–1802) * Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas (1802–1805) * Yaacob Moshe Ayash al-Maghrebi (1806–1817) * Jacob Coral (1817–1819) * Raphael Yosef Hazzan (1819–1822) * Yom Tov Danon (1822–1824) * Salomon Moshe Suzin (1824–1836) * Yonah Moshe Navon (1836–1841) * Yehudah Raphael Navon (1841–1842) *

Chaim Abraham Gagin Chaim Abraham Gagin (1787–1848) was Chief Rabbi of Ottoman Palestine from 1842 to 1848. He was the grandson of the Jerusalem Kabbalist Shalom Sharabi Sar Shalom Sharabi ( he, שר שלום מזרחי דידיע שרעבי), also known as ...

(1842–1848) * Isaac Kovo (1848–1854) * Haim Nissim Abulafia (1854–1861) * Haim David Hazan (1861–1869) * Avraham Ashkenazi (1869–1880) * Raphael Meir Panigel (1880–1892) * Yaacob Shaul Elyashar (1893–1906) * Yaacob Meir (1906) * Eliyah Moshe Panigel (1907–1909) * Nahman Batito (1909–1911) * Moshe Franco (1911–1915) * Haim Moshe Elyashar (1914–1915) * Nissim Yehudah Danon (1915–1921) * Yaacob Meir (1921–1939) *

Benzion Uziel Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (, born 23 May 1880, died 4 September 1953), sometimes rendered as Ouziel, was the Sephardi chief rabbi of Mandatory Palestine from 1939 to 1948, and of Israel from 1948 until his death in 1953. Biography Ben-Zion Meir Ha ...

(1939–1954) * Yitzhak Nissim (1955–1973) * Ovadia Yosef (1973–1983) *

Mordechai Eliyahu Mordechai Tzemach Eliyahu ( he, מרדכי צמח אליהו, March 3, 1929 – June 7, 2010, on the Hebrew calendar: 21 Adar I, 5689 - 25 Siwan, 5770),

(1983–1993) * Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron (1993–2003) * Shlomo Amar (2003–2013) *

Yitzhak Yosef Yitzhak Yosef ( he, יצחק יוסף, born January 16, 1952) is the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel (known as the Rishon LeZion), the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Hazon Ovadia, and the author of a set of books on ''halakha'' (Jewish law) called ...

(2013–)

Ashkenazi

* Meir Auerbach—Rabbi of Jerusalem (1860–1871) * Samuel Salant (1871–1909) * Abraham Isaac Kook (1921–1935) * Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1936–1959) * Isser Yehuda Unterman (1964–1973) * Shlomo Goren (1973–1983) * Avraham Shapira (1983–1993) * Yisrael Meir Lau (1993–2003) * Yona Metzger (2003–2013) * David Lau (2013–)

Military Rabbinate

* Shlomo Goren (1948–1968) * Mordechai Piron (1968–1977) *

Gad Navon Gad Navon (1922 – 25 June 2006) was the third Chief Military Rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces. Biography Mimun Fahima (later Gad Navon) was born in Morocco. He was ordained there as Rabbi after completing the study of the entire Talmud. He par ...

(1977–2000) *

Israel Weiss Israel Weiss ( he, ישראל וייס, born 1949) was the Chief Military Rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces serving in the position between 2000 and 2006, with a rank of Brigadier General. His predecessor in that position was Rabbi Gad Navon. B ...

(2000–2006) * Avichai Rontzki (2006–2010) * Rafi Peretz (2010–2016) * Eyal Karim (2016–)

Japan

Binyamin Edre'i Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thir ...

(2015–present)

Lebanon

Moïse Yedid-Levy Moise is a given name and surname, with differing spellings in its French and Romanian origins, both of which originate from the name Moses: Moïse is the French spelling of Moses, while Moise is the Romanian spelling. As a surname, Moisè and Mo ...

(1799–1829) *

Ralph Alfandari Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms ...

Youssef Mann Yusuf ( ar, يوسف ') is a male name of Arabic origin meaning "God increases" (in piety, power and influence).From the Hebrew יהוה להוסיף ''YHWH Lhosif'' meaning "YHWH will increase/add". It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name ...

(1849) * Aharoun Yedid-Levy *

Zaki Cohen Zaki Cohen (Arabic: زكي كوهن) born in 1829 in Aleppo in the Ottoman Empire, was a Chief Rabbi of the Jewish community in Beirut, Lebanon and a playwright. In 1874, he founded Beirut's first modern Jewish school, called ''Tiferet Yisrael'' ("G ...

(1875) * Menaché Ezra Sutton *

Jacob Bukai Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jac ...

Haïm Dana The name ''Haim'' can be a first name or surname originating in the Hebrew language, or deriving from the Old German name '' Haimo''. Hebrew etymology Chayyim ( he, חַיִּים ', Classical Hebrew: , Israeli Hebrew: ), also transcribed ''H ...

* Nassim Afandi Danon (1908–1909) *

Jacob Tarrab Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jac ...

(1910–1921) *

Salomon Tagger Salomon may refer to: People * Salomon (given name) * Salomon (surname) Companies * Salomon Brothers, a former investment bank, now a part of Citigroup * Salomon Group, a company manufacturing sporting equipment (which was a part of Adidas-Salom ...

(1921–1923) *

Shabtai Bahbout __NOTOC__ Shabtai (Sabbatai, Sabbathai, Shabbatai, Shabbethai, etc.) is a Jewish name common in the Middle Ages for boys born on Shabbat, and may refer to: People Given name * Shabtai (given name) Surname *Aharon Shabtai (born 1939), poet and tran ...

(1924–1950) *

Benzion Lichtman Ben-Zion, also spelled Ben Zion, and Benzion ( he, בן ציון, "Son of Zion") is a Hebrew given name. It may refer to the following people: Given name * Ben Zion Abba Shaul (1924–1998), rosh yeshiva, Porat Yosef Yeshiva * Ben-Zion Ben-Yehuda, ...

(1932–1959) * Shahud Chreim (1960–1978)

Luxembourg

Robert Serebrenik Robert Serebrenik (March 4, 1902 – February 11, 1965) was an Austrian-born Chief Rabbi of Luxembourg who later became rabbi in America. Life Serebrenik was born on March 4, 1902, in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, the son of Peisach Serebrenik and T ...

(1929–1941)

Mexico

* Shlomo Tawil (1998–Present)

Macedonia

* Avi Kozma

Morocco

Mardo Chee Bengio The yellow-footed antechinus (''Antechinus flavipes''), also known as the mardo, is a shrew-like marsupial found in Australia. One notable feature of the species is its sexual behavior. The male yellow-footed antechinus engages in such frenzied ...

Chief Rabbi of Tangier. *

Raphael Ankawa Raphael Ben Mordechai Ankawa, also spelled Ankavah or Encouau, (1848–1935) was the Chief Rabbi of Morocco and a noted commentator, talmudist, '' posek'', and author. Biography Born in Salé, Morocco in 1848, he is known to the Jews of North ...

(1918–1935) *

Mikail Encaoua Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...

* Chalom Messas (1961–1978) * Aaron Monsonego (1994–2018) * Yoshiyahu Pinto (2019–present)

Nepal

* Chezki Lifshitz (2000–present)

Norway

* Isaak Julius Samuel (1930–1942) * Michael Melchior (1980–)

Panama

Zion Levy Zion (Sion) Rajamim Levy ( he, ציון רחמים לוי, pronounced ''Ṣiyyon Raḥamim Levi'') (1925–2008) was the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Panama for 57 years. His tenure is thought to be the longest of any religious leader in the regi ...

(1951–2008) Sephardic Chief Rabbi * Aaron Laine (1986–) Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi *

David Perets David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

(2016–) Sephardic Chief Rabbi

Peru

Abraham Moshe Brener Abraham Moshe Brener (Rabino Moises Brener) ( he, אברהם משה ברנר; died January 5, 1968) was the former Chief Rabbi (Gran Rabino) of Lima, Peru. He served as the Chief Rabbi of Lima from the mid 1930s to 1962. Following his tenure, Rab ...

(1930-1967) *

Baruj Epstein Baruj ( fa, باروج, also Romanized as Bārūj and Barooj; also known as Bare, Bareh, Bārī, Bary, Bereh, and Pareh) is a village in Zolbin Rural District, Yamchi District, Marand County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, off ...

(1966-1967) *

Yaakov Kraus Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jac ...

(1987-1998) *

Efraim Zik Ephraim (; he, ''ʾEp̄rayīm'', in pausa: ''ʾEp̄rāyīm'') was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Joseph ben Jacob and Asenath. Asenath was an Ancient Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph as wife, and the daughte ...

(1999-2009) *

Itay Meushar Itay or Itai ( he, איתי) is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Itai Anghel, Israeli news correspondent *Itai Maggidi, Israeli long-distance runner *Itay Margalit, retired Israeli high jumper *Itay Segev (born 1995), Israeli ba ...

(2009-2016) * Salomon Cohen (2016-2019) *

Poland

* Jacob Pollak (appointed 1503) *

Moses Fishel Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important pro ...

(1541–1542) * Dow Ber Percowicz (1945–1956) * Zew Wawa Morejno (1956–1957) * Dow Ber Percowicz (1957–1961) * Uszer Zibes (1961–1966) * Zew Wawa Morejno (1966–1973) *

Pinchas Menachem Joskowicz According to the Hebrew Bible, Phinehas or Phineas (; , ''Phinees'', ) was a priest during the Israelites’ Exodus journey. The grandson of Aaron and son of Eleazar, the High Priests (), he distinguished himself as a youth at Shittim with hi ...

(1988–1999) * Michael Schudrich (2004–)

Poland: Armed Forces

* Chaim Elizjer Frankl (?–1933) * Major Baruch Steinberg (1933–circa 12 April 1940) murdered by

NKVD The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union. ...

in the Katyn massacre

Romania

Yaakov Yitzhak Neimerov Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jac ...

(d. 1940) *

Alexandru Safran Alexandru is the Romanian form of the name Alexander. Common diminutives are Alecu, Alex, and Sandu. Origin Etymologically, the name is derived from the Greek "Αλέξανδρος" (Aléxandros), meaning "defending men" or "protector of men", ...

(1940–1948) * Moses Rosen (1948–1994) * Menachem Hacohen (1997–2011) * Rafael Shaffer (2011–Present)

Russia

* Adolf Shayevich (1983, officially since 1993–) * Berel Lazar (2000–)

Military Rabbinate

* Aharon Gurevich (2007–)

Serbia

* Isaac Alcalay, also Chief Rabbi of

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label= Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavij ...

from 1923 to 1941 *

Isak Asiel Isak may refer to: * Isak (given name) * Isak (surname) See also *Izak (disambiguation) Izak is a given name. Izak may also refer to: * Izak catshark, a type of cat shark * Izak, a character in Suikoden IV * Piotr "Izak" Skowyrski, Polish espor ...

Singapore

* Mordechai Abergel

Slovakia

* Moses Sofer (1806–1839) * Samuel Benjamin Sofer (1839–1871) * Simcha Bunim Sofer (1871–1907) * Akiva Sofer (1907–1938) * Izidor Katz (1950–1968) * Baruch Myers (1993–present)

South Africa

Judah Leo Landau Judah Leo Landau (23 April 1866 – 26 August 1942) was a Galician-born South African rabbi and writer. A noted scholar, poet, and playwright, he served as the inaugural Chief Rabbi of South Africa from 1915 until his death in 1942. Early life ...

(1915–1942) * Louis Rabinowitz (1945–1961) *

Bernard M. Casper Bernard Moses Casper (1916–1988) was a British- South African rabbi. He was born and raised in London; educated in London and Cambridge; and served as both a Rabbi and educator in Manchester and London. He was a commissioned Chaplain in the Br ...

(1963–1987) * Cyril Harris (1988–2004) *

Warren Goldstein Chief Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein (born 1971) is the Chief Rabbi of The Union of Orthodox Synagogues of South Africa since 2005. Born in Pretoria, he currently lives in Johannesburg. He is the first Chief Rabbi of South Africa who was born i ...

(2005–)

Spain

* Baruj Garzon (1968–1978), the first Chief Rabbi in Spain since the expulsion in 1492 * Yehuda Benasuli (1978–1997) * Moshe Bendahan (1997–)

Sudan

* Solomon Malka (1906–1949) * Haim Simoni (1950–1952) * Massoud El-Baz (1956-1965 by which time the Jewish community in Sudan had declined so dramatically that they could not afford to pay a Rabbi)

Syria

* Yom Tov Yedid (1960–1982), moved to the United States in 1982 and died 27 July 2016 in the United States

Thailand

* Yosef Kantor (1992–present)

Transylvania (before 1918)

Note: The chief rabbi of

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the ...

was generally the rabbi of the city of

Alba Iulia Alba Iulia (; german: Karlsburg or ''Carlsburg'', formerly ''Weißenburg''; hu, Gyulafehérvár; la, Apulum) is a city that serves as the seat of Alba County in the west-central part of Romania. Located on the Mureș River in the historica ...

. * Joseph Reis Auerbach (d. 1750) * Shalom Selig ben Saul Cohen (1754–1757) * Johanan ben Isaac (1758–1760) * Benjamin Ze'eb Wolf of Cracow (1764–1777) * Moses ben Samuel Levi Margaliot (1778–1817) * Menahem ben Joshua Mendel (1818–23) * Ezekiel Paneth (1823–1843) * Abraham Friedmann (d. 1879), last chief rabbi of Transylvania

Tunisia

* Chaim Madar (1984–2004)

Turkey

Eli Capsali Elijah ben Elkanah Capsali (Hebrew: אליהו בן אלקנה קפשאלי; – after 1550) was a notable rabbi and historian. Biography Born in Crete, into a distinguished Romaniote family, the Capsalis had served as heads of the Jewish comm ...

(1452–1454) * Moses Capsali (1454–1497) * Elijah Mizrachi (1497–1526) *

Mordechai Komitano Mordecai (; also Mordechai; , IPA: ) is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. He is described as being the son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin. He was promoted to Vizier after Haman was killed. Biblical acco ...

(1526–1542) *

Tam ben Yahya TAM may refer to: Biology * Thioacetamide, an organosulfur compound * Tumor-associated macrophage, a class of immune cells * Transparent Anatomical Manikin, an educational model Technology * Tanque Argentino Mediano, the main battle tank of A ...

(1542–1543) *

Eli Rozanes ha-Levi Eli most commonly refers to: * Eli (name), a given name, nickname and surname * Eli (biblical figure) Eli or ELI may also refer to: Film * ''Eli'' (2015 film), a Tamil film * ''Eli'' (2019 film), an American horror film Music * ''Eli'' (Jan ...

(1543) * Eli ben Hayim (1543–1602) * Yehiel Bashan (1602–1625) * Joseph Mitrani (1625–1639) * Yomtov Benyaes (1639–1642) * Yomtov Hananiah Benyakar (1642–1677) * Chaim Kamhi (1677–1715) * Judah Benrey (1715–1717) *

Samuel Levi Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bibl ...

(1717–1720) *

Abraham Rozanes Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jew ...

(1720–1745) *

Solomon Hayim Alfandari Solomon (; , ),, ; ar, سُلَيْمَان, ', , ; el, Σολομών, ; la, Salomon also called Jedidiah ( Hebrew: , Modern: , Tiberian: ''Yăḏīḏăyāh'', "beloved of Yah"), was a monarch of ancient Israel and the son and succes ...

(1745–1762) * Meir Ishaki (1762–1780) * Eli Palombo (1780–1800) *

Chaim Jacob Benyakar The name ''Haim'' can be a first name or surname originating in the Hebrew language, or deriving from the Old German name '' Haimo''. Hebrew etymology Chayyim ( he, חַיִּים ', Classical Hebrew: , Israeli Hebrew: ), also transcribed ''Ha ...

(1800–1835) *

Abraham Levi Pasha Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jews ...

(1835–1839) * Samuel Hayim (1839–1841) *

Moiz Fresko Muhammad bin Tughluq (1290 – 20 March 1351) was the eighteenth Sultan of Delhi. He reigned from February 1325 until his death in 1351. The sultan was the eldest son of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, founder of the Tughlaq dynasty. In 1321, the youn ...

(1841–1854) * Yacob Avigdor (1854–1870) * Yakir Geron (1870–1872) *

Moses Levi Moses Levi (or Moshe HaLevi Effendi) (1827–1910) was the Chief Rabbi ( Hakham Bashi) of Constantinople and of the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and e ...

(1872–1909) * Chaim Nahum Effendi (1909–1920) * Shabbetai Levi (1920–1922) *

Isaac Ariel Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was th ...

(1922–1926) * Haim Bejerano (1926–1931) * Haim Isaac Saki (1931–1940) *

Rafael David Saban Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California * Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology * Hurricane Rafael, a 2012 hurricane Fiction * ''R ...

(1940–1960) *

David Asseo Chief Rabbi David Asseo (1914 – July 14, 2002) was the hakham bashi (or chief rabbi) of the Republic of Turkey from 1960 until his death in 2002. Chief Rabbi David Asseo was the second longest serving of the chief rabbis in Europe (after Moses ...

(1961–2002) * Ishak Haleva (2003–)

Uganda

* Gershom Sizomu () (see:

Abayudaya The Abayudaya (''Abayudaya'' is Luganda for "People of Judah") are a community in eastern Uganda, near the town of Mbale, who practice Judaism. They are devout in their practice, keeping kashrut and observing Shabbat. There are several differ ...

)

Ukraine

* Moshe Reuven Azman (2005–present)

United Arab Emirates

* Levi Duchman (2015-) first resident rabbi to the UAE, appointed

Chabad Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch (), is an Orthodox Jewish Hasidic dynasty. Chabad is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements, particularly for its outreach activities. It is one of the largest Hasidic groups ...

Shaliach to the UAE in 2020, making him the first Chabad Shaliach in a Gulf country. Directs the Jewish Community Center of the UAE.

Rabbi Yehuda Sarna Rabbi Yehuda Sarna is the Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Council of the Emirates. He is also the Executive Director of the Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life at New York University (NYU), the University Chaplain and an Adjunct Assistant Profess ...

is the current Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Council of the Emirates.

United Kingdom and Commonwealth

Ashkenazi chief rabbis

Judah Loeb ben Abraham Ephraim Asher Anshel Judah or Yehuda is the name of a biblical patriarch, Judah (son of Jacob). It may also refer to: Historical ethnic, political and geographic terms * Tribe of Judah, one of the twelve Tribes of Israel; their allotment corresponds to Judah or J ...

(1696–1700) *

Aaron the Scribe of Dublin According to Abrahamic religions, Aaron ''′aharon'', ar, هارون, Hārūn, Greek (Septuagint): Ἀαρών; often called Aaron the priest ()., group="note" ( or ; ''’Ahărōn'') was a prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of ...

(1700–1704) * Aaron Hart (1704–1756) * Hart Lyon (1758–1764) * David Tevele Schiff (1765–1791) * Solomon Hirschell (1802–1842) * Nathan Marcus Adler (1845–1891) * Hermann Adler (1891–1911) *

Joseph Herman Hertz Joseph Herman Hertz (25 September 1872 – 14 January 1946) was a British Rabbi and biblical scholar. He held the position of Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom from 1913 until his death in 1946, in a period encompassing both world wars and th ...

(1913–1946) * Israel Brodie (1948–1965) * Immanuel Jakobovits (1966–1991; knighted 1981,

life peer In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers. In modern times, life peerages, always created at the rank of baron, are created under the Life Peerages ...

1988) *

Jonathan Sacks Jonathan Henry Sacks, Baron Sacks ( he, יונתן הנרי זקס, translit=Yona'tan Henry Zaks; 8 March 19487 November 2020) was an English Orthodox rabbi, philosopher, theologian, and author. Sacks served as the Chief Rabbi of the United ...

(1991–2013; knighted 2005, life peer 2009) * Ephraim Mirvis (2013–present)

Spanish and Portuguese community Hahamim/senior rabbis

The Sephardi Jews in the United Kingdom are mainly members of independent synagogues. There is no single rabbi recognised by them as a chief rabbi. The Spanish and Portuguese community, however, consists of several synagogues, charities, a beth din and a kashruth authority. These are under the leadership of an ecclesiastical head. Historically, the individual who fills this role is recognised as a senior rabbi of Anglo Jewry, being the leader of the oldest Jewish community in the country. The Senior Rabbi was traditionally given the title, ''Haham,'' meaning "wise one". Since 1918, however, only Solomon Gaon was given this title. The official title of the holder of this office is now The Senior Rabbi of the S&P Sephardi Community of the United Kingdom. *

Jacob ben Aaron Sasportas Jacob ben Aaron Sasportas (1610 – April 15, 1698), was a Rabbi, Kabbalist, and anti- Sabbatean. He was the father of Isaac ben Jacob Sasportas. Sasportas was born at Oran. He became rabbi successively of Tlemcen (at the age of twenty-four ...

(1664–1665) * Yehoshua Da Silva (1670–1679) * Jacob Abendana (1681–1684) * Solomon Ayllon (1689–1700) * David Nieto (1701–1728) *

Isaac Nieto Isaac Nieto (1702–1774) ( he, יצחק ניטו) was Haham of the Portuguese congregation Sha'are Hashamayim, Bevis Marks, London, and the son of David Nieto. He was officially appointed as "ḥakham ha-shalem" in 1733, but gave up the post in 17 ...

(1732–1740) * Moshe Gomes de Mesquita (1744–1751) * Moshe Cohen d'Azevedo (1761–1784) * Raphael Meldola (1806–1828) * Benjamin Artom (1866–1879) * Moses Gaster (1887–1918) *

Shem Tob Gaguine Shemtob Gaguin(e) (5 September 1884 – 30 July 1953) was a British Sephardic rabbi and scion of a famous Moroccan rabbinical dynasty which emigrated to Palestine from Spain at the time of the Inquisition. Biography He was the great-grands ...

(1920–1953) (officially the "Ecclesiastical Chief of the Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation," not the Haham) * Solomon Gaon (1949–1995) * Abraham Levy (1995–2012) (officially the Communal Rabbi and Spiritual Head of the Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation, not the ''haham'') * Joseph Dweck (2013–) (elected Senior Rabbi of The S&P Sephardi Community, not the ''haham'')

United States

A chief rabbinate never truly developed within the United States for a number of different reasons. While Jews first settled in the United States in 1654 in

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the U ...

, rabbis did not appear in the United States until the mid-nineteenth century. This lack of rabbis, coupled with the lack of official colonial or state recognition of a particular sect of Judaism as official effectively led to a form of congregationalism amongst American Jews. This did not stop others from trying to create a unified American Judaism, and in fact, some chief rabbis developed in some American cities despite lacking universal recognition amongst the Jewish communities within the cities (for examples see below). However, Jonathan Sarna argues that those two precedents, as well as the desire of many Jewish immigrants to the US to break from an Orthodox past, effectively prevented any effective Chief Rabbi in America.

Uruguay

* Jaime Spector (1931–1937) * Aaron Milevsky (1937–1943) * Aaron Laschover (1943–1967) *

Nechemia Berman Rabbi Nechemia Berman was the Chief Rabbi of Uruguay. Born in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he served as Rabbi of Montevideo's Ashkenazi Community (Comunidad Israelita del Uruguay) from 1977 until 1993. This position has always been con ...

(1970–1993) * Eliahu Birenbaum (1994–1999) *

Yosef Bittón Rabbi Yosef Bittón is an Argentinian-born community rabbi and the former Chief Rabbi of Uruguay. Biography Early life and education Rabbi Yosef Bittón was born in Argentina to Argentine parents. His paternal grandparents came from Tetouan, ...

(1999–2002) * Mordejai Maarabi (2002–2009) * Shai Froindlich (2009–2010) * Isaac Fadda (2011–2012) * Ben-Tzion Spitz (2013–2016) * Max Yojanan Godet (2017–present)

Uzbekistan

Baruch Abramchayev Baruch may refer to: People * Baruch (given name), a given name of Hebrew origin * Belle W. Baruch (1899–1964), American heiress, daughter of Bernard Baruch * Bernard Baruch (1870–1965), American financier, stock market speculator, statesma ...

Venezuela

Sephardi

Ashkenazi

Pynchas Brener Pynchas Brener (1931) is the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Caracas, Venezuela, starting in 1967. Early life He was born in Tyszowce, Poland and at the age of four emigrated with his family to Peru. He received his Bachelor of Arts and Rabbinic Ordina ...

(1967–)

By city

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Ashkenazi

Aryeh Leib ben Saul Aryeh Leib ben Saul Löwenstam ( 1690 in Cracow – 2 April 1755 in Amsterdam) was a Polish rabbi. Life Aryeh Leib came of a famous family of rabbis. His father Saul had been rabbi of Cracow from 1700 to 1704; his grandfather was Rabbi Hoeschl ...

1740–1755 * Saul Lowenstam * B.S. Berenstein * Dr Joseph Hirsch Dünner * Abraham S. Onderwijzer *

L.H. Sarlouis LH or lh may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Laurel and Hardy, a comedy double act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema * " Little Hide", 1998 single by Snow Patrol *Lovehammers, a Chicago-based band *''Love Hina'', a 199 ...

* Justus Tal * Aron Schuster * Meir Just 1970–1978 * Aryeh Ralbag (2008–2016) * Pinchas Toledano (2016–current)

Sephardi

* Menasseh Ben Israel * Pinchas Toledano (2012–)

Antwerp, Belgium

* Chaim Kreiswirth (1953–2001)

Baltimore, Maryland – United States

* Abraham N. Schwartz (d. 1937) * Joseph H. Feldman (retired 1972, d. 1992)

Birobidzhan, Russia

Mordechai Scheiner Mordechai Sheiner ( he, מרדכי שיינר; russian: Мордеха́й Шейнер) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi associated with the Chabad Hasidic movement. Sheiner served as Chief Rabbi of Jewish Autonomous Oblast from 2002 to 2011.

(2002–present)

Budapest, Hungary

Yonasan Steif Rabbi Yonasan Steif ( yi, יונתן שטייף‎; August 12, 1877 – August 25, 1958) was a senior dayan of Budapest, Hungary, before the Second World War, a man whom Rabbis Moshe Feinstein and Joel Teitelbaum referred to as the ''gadol hado ...

(pre-World War II)

Caracas, Venezuela

Ashkenazi

(1967–present)

Sephardi

Isaac Cohén Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He wa ...

(–)

Chicago, Illinois – United States

* Yaakov Dovid Wilovsky known as the ''Ridbaz'', served as chief rabbi of the Russian-American congregations in the city 1903–1905.

Copenhagen, Denmark

* David Simonsen (1879–1891) * Elias Kalischer *

Hirsch Goitein Hirsch may refer to: Places * Hirsch, Saskatchewan, Canada * Hirsch Observatory, in Troy, New York, U.S. People * Afua Hirsch (born 1981), Norwegian-born British writer, broadcaster, and former barrister * Alex Hirsch (born 1985), American anim ...

(–1903) *

(1906–1910) * Bent Melchior (1963–1970) *

Jacob Garfinkel Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jac ...

(1971–1973)

Frankfurt, Germany

* Menachem Halevi Klein, Menachem Klein * Nathan HaKohen Adler

Gateshead, United Kingdom

* Shraga Feivel Zimmerman

The Hague, Netherlands

* Saul Isaac Halevi (1748–1785) * Tobias Tal (1895–1898) * Dov Yehuda Schochet (1946–1952)

Haifa, Israel

Ashkenazi

She'ar Yashuv Cohen Eliyahu Yosef She'ar Yashuv Cohen ( he, אליהו יוסף שאר ישוב כהן; November 4, 1927 – September 5, 2016) was the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Haifa, Israel and the President of its rabbinical courts (1975–2011). Biography Eliyahu ...

(1927–2016)

Sephardi

* Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron (1993–2003)

Hannover, Germany

Samuel Freund Samuel Freund (born 24 September 1868 in Gleiwitz; died 28 June 1939 in Hannover) was the senior rabbi of Hannover and the ''Landrabbiner'' for the German state of Lower Saxony. Life The son of businessman Isidor Freund and his wife Caecilia, ...

(1924-1939) *

Chaim Pinchas Lubinsky Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Lubinsky (August 1, 1915November 28, 1985) was the mashgiach of the yeshiva in Bergen Belsen and the Chief Rabbi of Hanover from 1946 to 1949. Early life and ancestry Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Lubinsky was born in Blaszki, Pola ...

(1946-1949) * Shlomo Zev Zweigenhaft (1949-1952)

Hebron, West Bank

* Chaim Hezekiah Medini (1891–1904) *

Dov Lior Dov Lior ( he, דב ליאור, born 30 October 1933) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi who served as the Chief Rabbi of Hebron and Kiryat Arba in the southern West Bank until late 2014. He is the rosh yeshiva of the Kiryat Arba Hesder Yeshiva and ...

– present

Helsinki, Finland

* Naftali Amsterdam (1867–1875) * Avrohom Schain (1876–1881) * Abraham Werner-Homa (1881–1891) * Shmuel Noson Bukantz (1892–1924) * Scholem Triestman (1928–1929)

Hoboken, New Jersey – United States

* Chaim Hirschensohn (1904–1935). His post included Hoboken, Jersey City, Union Hill and the Environs.

Jerusalem

Sephardi

* Levi Ibn Habib * David Ibn Abi Zimra * Moshe Galante I * Haim Vital * Betzalel Ashkenasi * Gedalia Cordovero * Isaac Gaon * Israel Benjamin * Yaacov Tzemah * Shemuel Garmison *

Moshe Galante II Moshe ben Yonatan Galante (1621 – 4 February 1689 Jerusalem), grandson of Moshe Galante, was a 17th-century rabbi at Jerusalem. He served as the first Rishon Le'Zion and was called ''Magen'' (מגן) with reference to the initials of his name. ...

(1665–1689) * Moshe Ibn Habib (1689–1696) * Moshe Hayun * Abraham ben David Yitzchaki (1715–1722) * Binyamin Maali * Elazar ben Yaacob Nahum (1730–1748) * Nissim Mizrahi (1748–1754) * Israel Yaacob Algazy (1754–1756) * Raphael Samuel Meyuchas (1756–1791) * Haim Raphael Abraham ben Asher (1771–1772) * Yom Tov Algazy (1772–1802) * Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas (1802–1805) * Yaacob Moshe Ayash al-Maghrebi (1806–1817) * Jacob Coral (1817–1819) * Raphael Yosef Hazzan (1819–1822) * Yom Tov Danon (1822–1824) * Salomon Moshe Suzin (1824–1836) * Yonah Moshe Navon (1836–1841) * Yehudah Raphael Navon (1841–1842) * Haim Abraham Gagin (1842–1848) * Isaac Kovo (1848–1854) * Haim Nissim Abulafia (1854–1861) * Haim David Hazan (1861–1869) * Abraham Ashkenasi (1869–1880) * Raphael Meir Panigel (1880–1892) * Yaacob Shaul Elyashar (1893–1906) * Yaacob Meir (1906) * Eliyah Moshe Panigel (1907–1909) * Nahman Batito (1909–1911) * Moshe Franco (1911–1915) * Haim Moshe Elyashar (1914–1915) * Nissim Yehudah Danon (1915–1921) * Yaacob Meir (1921–1939) * Chalom Messas (1978–2003) * Shlomo Amar (2014–)

Ashkenazi

* Meir Auerbach (?–1878) * Shmuel Salant (1878–1909) * Chaim Berlin (1909–1912?) * Abraham Isaac Kook (1919–1935) * Tzvi Pesach Frank (1936–?) * Betzalel Zolty (1977–?) * Yitzhak Kolitz (1983–2002) *

Aryeh Stern Aryeh Stern ( he, אריה שטרן, born 27 November 1944) is the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, a member of the Chief Rabbinate Council of Israel, and the chief editor of the Halacha Brura and Berur Halacha Institute. Biography Aryeh Ste ...

(2014–)

Edah HaChareidis

:''Note: The Edah HaChareidis is unaffiliated with the State of Israel. It is a separate, independent religious community with its own Chief Rabbis, who are viewed, in the

world, as being the Chief Rabbis of Jerusalem.'' * Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld (1919–1932) * Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1932–1948) * Zelig Reuven Bengis (1948–1953) * Joel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1953–1979) * Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss (1979–1989) *

Moshe Aryeh Freund Moshe Aryeh Freund (1904
–1996) was a rabbi and the (''

Yisrael Moshe Dushinsky (1996–2002) *

Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss Rabbi Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss (26 August 1926 – 29 July 2022) was the Chief Rabbi, or ''Gaavad'' (''Gaon Av Beis Din''), of Jerusalem for the Edah HaChareidis. He was appointed to this post in 2004, after having served as a ''dayan'' of the '' ...

(2002–)

Kyiv, Ukraine

* Jonathan Markovitch (2000 – present)

Krakow, Poland

Boaz Pash Boaz (; Hebrew: בֹּעַז ''Bōʿaz''; ) is a biblical figure appearing in the Book of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible and in the genealogies of Jesus in the New Testament and also the name of a pillar in the portico of the historic Temple in Jeru ...

(2006–2012) *

Eliezer Gurary Eliezer (, "Help/Court of El") was the name of at least three different individuals in the Bible. Eliezer of Damascus Eliezer of Damascus () was, according to the Targums, the son of Nimrod. Eliezer was head of the patriarch Abraham's househo ...

(2014–present)

Leiden, Netherlands

Simon de Vries Simon de Vries or Simon Frisius (1570–75 in Harlingen – 1628–29 in The Hague),Simon Frisius
in the

Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands

* (1821–1836) * (1840–1886) * (1886–1895) * Tobias Lewenstein (1895–1899) * (1900–1918) * (1924–1927) * (1929–1932) * (1935–1945)

Milan, Italy

* Avraham David Shaumann *

Elia Kopciovsky Elia is a name which may be a variant of the names Elias, Elijah, Eli or Eliahu, and may refer to: People * Aelia (gens) or Elia, a ''gens'' of Ancient Rome Mononymic * Elia or Elijah, a biblical prophet * Elia, a pen-name of Charles Lamb First ...

(195?–1980) *

Giuseppe Laras Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it. The feminine form of the name is Giusep ...

(1980–2005) *

Alfonso Arbib Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...

(2005–)

Modi'in Illit,
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

* Meir Kessler

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Ashkenazi

* Zvi Hirsch Cohen (1922–1950) * Sheea Herschorn (1951–1961) * Pinchas Hirschprung (1969–1998) *

Avraham David Niznik Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jew ...

(1998–2006) *

Binyomin Weiss Yonasan Binyomin (Benjamin) Weiss (; born ) is an American-Canadian rabbi and dayan, who has served as Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Montreal since 2007. He arrived in Montreal in 2005 to serve as deputy head of the Montreal beit din, before which he ...

(2006–Present)

Sephardi

* David Sabbah

Moscow, Russia

Yakov Maze Yakov (alternative spellings: Jakov or Iakov, cyrl, Яков) is a Russian or Hebrew variant of the given names Jacob and James. People also give the nickname Yasha ( cyrl, Яша) or Yashka ( cyrl, Яшка) used for Yakov. Notable people People ...

(prior to 1924–1933) * Shmaryahu Yehudah Leib Medalia (1933–1938) *

Shmuel Leib Medalia Shmuel-Leib Yankelevich Levin (born 1890, date of death unknown) was the chief rabbi of Moscow for a brief period in 1943. He was known among Chabad hasidim as Shmuel Leib Paritcher, for his birthplace of Paritch, Belarus, where he was born in 1890 ...

(1943) * Shmuel Leib Levin (1943–1944) * Shlomo Shleifer (1944–1957) *

Yehuda Leib Levin Yehudah Leib ha-Levi Levin (; 1844 – 30 November 1925), also known by the acronyms Yehalel and Yehalal, was a Hebrew socialist maskilic Hebrew poet, writer, and publicist. His poems were the first to introduce socialist themes into Hebrew lit ...

(1957–1971) * Adolf Shayevich (1983, officially since 1993–) * Pinchas Goldschmidt (1987–2022)

Munich, Germany

* Yitshak Ehrenberg (1989–1997) * Pinchos Biberfeld, moved back to Germany from where he had emigrated to Israel over 50 years earlier. (1980–1999) * Steven Langnas, first German (descendance) Chief Rabbi and Av Beth Din of Munich (1999–2011)

Netherlands – Inter-Provincial Chief rabbinate

Dov Yehuda Schochet DOV or Dov could refer to: ''דב'' or ''דוב'', a Hebrew male given name meaning "bear", from which the Yiddish name "Ber" (בער) was derived (cognate with "bear") which was common among East European Jews. People * Dov Ber of Mezeritch (1700 ...

(1946–1952) hief Rabbi of The Hague* Elieser Berlinger (1960–1985) *

Binyomin Jacobs Binyomin Jacobs ( Amsterdam, 1949) is a Dutch rabbi who lives in Amersfoort, Netherlands. At the end of 2008 he was appointed Chief Rabbi of the IPOR resort of the Netherlands, this resort includes all the municipalities of the Netherlands, ex ...

(2008–recent)

New York, New York – United States

* Jacob Joseph (1840–1902) was the only true Ashkenazi chief rabbi of New York City; there was never a Sephardi chief rabbi, although Dr. David DeSola Pool acted as a leader among the Sepharadim and was also respected as such. Others it has been said claimed the title of Chief Rabbi; eventually, the title became worthless through dilution. * Chaim Jacob Wiedrewitz was the Chassidic chief rabbi of New York and Pennsylvania; he was previously the Chassidic Rav of Moscow and was officially called as "The Moskover Rav", immigrated in 1893 and died in 1911, he's buried in the Chabad society of the Bayside Cemetery in Ozone Park NY. * Jacob S. Kassin was the Chief Rabbi of the Syrian Jewish community of New York 1930–1995. * Leibish Wolowsky was the chief rabbi of the Galician community of NYC 1888–1913, he was previously the rabbi of Sambor, Austria and immigrated to the US in 1888. He died in 1913 and is buried in the Achum Ahuvim of Reizow at the Mount Zion Cemetery in Maspeth NY. * Avrohom Aharon Yudelevitz who was previously the rav of Manchester, England was accepted in 1919 as the chief rabbi of the Jewish Arbitration Court of NYC, he authored many books on Jewish law and Responsa. He died in 1930 and is buried in family plot at the Bayside cemetery in Ozone Park NY.

Nové Zámky, Slovakia

* Ernest Klein (1931–1944)

Paris, France

* Michel Seligmann (1809–1829) *

(1829–1845) * Lazard Isidor (1847–1865) * Zadoc Kahn (1866–1889) * Jacques-Henri Dreyfuss (1891–1933) *

Julien Weill Julien may refer to: People * Julien (given name) * Julien (surname) Music * ''Julien'' (opera), a 1913 poème lyrique by Gustave Charpentier * ''Julien'' (album), by Dalida, 1973 * "Julien" (song), by Carly Rae Jepsen, 2019 Places Un ...

(1933–1950) *

(1950–1955) * Meïr Jaïs (1956–1980) * Alain Goldmann (1980–1994) *

David Messas Rabbi David Messas (15 July 1934 in Meknes, Morocco – 20 November 2011 Paris) was the son of Rabbi Chalom Messas, the former Chief Rabbi of Morocco who subsequently became the sefardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. He married Dolly Berdugo. He w ...

(1994–2011) *

Michel Gugenheim Michel Gugenheim is the Chief Rabbi of Paris. He also assumed the position of interim Chief Rabbi of France in 2013 after the resignation of Gilles Bernheim, the previous Chief Rabbi of France and remained in that position until the election of Rab ...

(2012– )

Rome, Italy

* Israel Zolli (1940–1945) * Elio Toaff (1951–2002) *

Riccardo Di Segni Riccardo Di Segni (born November 13, 1949) is the chief rabbi of Rome. A specialist in diagnostic radiology, he is descended from three generations of rabbis. He completed his rabbinical studies in 1973 and was elected chief rabbi of Rome in 20 ...

(2002–)

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Josiah Pardo Josiah ben David Pardo (Josiau Pardo, Jesia Hisquiyahu Pardo, he, יאשיהו בן דוד) (1626-1684) was a Dutch rabbi and ''hakham'', who served as a Rabbi in Willemstad, Curaçao and in Port Royal, Jamaica. Josiah Pardo was one of the first ...

(1648–1669)http://www.archieven.nl/pls/m/zk2.inv?p_q=64729996 See his Haskama – Approbation to Sefer Nachalat Shiva, edition Amsterdam 1667, where he is mentioned as Chief Rabbi of both the Sephardi and Ashkenazi congregations in Rotterdam * Yosia Pardo (1648–1669). Left in 1669 to Amsterdam. * Yuda Loeb ben Rabbi Shlomo (1674-abt. 1700). Born in Wilna. * Judah Salomon (1682) *

(1700–1708) Born in

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

, left for

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

. * Solomon Ezekiel (1725–1735) * Judah Ezekiel (1738–1755) *

Abraham Ezekiel Ezekiel Abraham Ezekiel (1757–1806) was an English engraver. Ezekiel was born at Exeter in 1757. He engraved portraits by Opie, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and others, and was also well known as a miniature painter and a scientific optician. He die ...

(1755–79) * Aryeh Leib Breslau (1741–1809) *

Judah Akiba Eger Judah or Yehuda is the name of a biblical patriarch, Judah (son of Jacob). It may also refer to: Historical ethnic, political and geographic terms * Tribe of Judah, one of the twelve Tribes of Israel; their allotment corresponds to Judah or Jud ...

son of Akiba Eger I (invited but refused position) *

Elijah Casriel Elijah ( ; he, אֵלִיָּהוּ, ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My El (deity), God is Yahweh/YHWH"; Greek form: Elias, ''Elías''; syr, ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ, ''Elyāe''; Arabic language, Arabic: إلياس or إليا, ''Ilyās'' or ''Ilyā''. ) w ...

(1815–1833) *

E.J. Löwenstamm EJ may refer to: Businesses and brands * EJ (company), formerly East Jordan Iron Works * eJay, a music software program * New England Airlines (IATA code EJ) * E & J Gallo Winery * Holden EJ, an early Holden car * Subaru EJ engine series, manufact ...

(1834–1845) * Joseph Isaacsohn (1850–1871; one of three sons-in-law of Jacob Ettlinger who were Chief Rabbis in the Netherlands) *

Bernhard Löbel Ritter Bernhard is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar (1604–1639), Duke of Saxe-Weimar * Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (1901–1984), head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen 194 ...

(1885–1928) *

Simon Hirsch Simon Hirsch (born 3 April 1992) is a German male volleyball player. He is part of the Germany men's national volleyball team The Germany men's national volleyball team represents Germany in international volleyball competitions. It is governed ...

(1928–1930) * Aaron Davids (1930–1944) * Justus Tal (1945–1954) *

Salomon Rodrigues Pereira Salomon may refer to: People * Salomon (given name) * Salomon (surname) Companies * Salomon Brothers, a former investment bank, now a part of Citigroup * Salomon Group, a company manufacturing sporting equipment (which was a part of Adidas-Salom ...

(1954–1959) * Levie Vorst (1959–1971) *

Daniel Kahn Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...

(1972–1975) * Albert Hutterer (1975–1977) * Dov Salzmann (1986–1988) * Lody van de Kamp * Raphael Evers

Shanghai, China

* Meir Ashkenazi (rabbi), Meir Ashkenazi (1926–1949)

Sofia, Bulgaria

* Daniel Zion (in World War II) * Asher Hannanel (in World War II)

St. Louis, Missouri – United States

* Chaim Fischel Epstein * Menachem Zvi Eichenstein (1943–1982) * Sholom Rivkin (1983–2011)

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Sephardi

* Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1911–1939) * Ya'akov Moshe Toledano (1942–1960) * Ovadia Yosef (1968–1973) * Hayim David HaLevi (1973–1998?)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

* Joseph Weinreb 1900–1942 * Avraham Aharon Price * Gedaliah Felder

Vienna, Austria

* Yitshak Ehrenberg (1983–1989) *

* Paul Chaim Eisenberg *

Warsaw, Poland

(1988–1999) * Baruch Rabinowitz (1999–2000) * Michael Schudrich (2000–)

Würzburg, Germany

* Abraham Bing (1814–1839)

Zagreb, Croatia

* Hosea Jacobi (1880–1925) *

(1941–1943)

"Grand Rabbi"

Occasionally, the term "Grand Rabbi" is used to note a Hasidic Rebbe, particularly used on letterhead when the letterhead is in English.

References

External links

Office of the Chief Rabbi in London, England

Chief Rabbinate of Israel
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